I have to tell you how the story begins, the story that is, of this book. One day Christine Baker posted a picture of a bottle of blood on my Facebook page. It was an incredible photo and all I could think of was:What a great book this would be!But then I thought some more. I thought, I wonder if other creative minds are looking at this image are thinking the same thing? What would they be thinking?So I decided to ask in my group on Facebook, would anyone be interest...

An early American boy recounts the hardships and scandals that brought his family to ruin in early Illinois and learns another side of his famous father's life. Based on the real life story of Illinois founder, Col. Benjamin Stephenson, this story reveals a rare look at America's fledgling beginnings.

On Christmas Eve 1820, Colonel Benjamin Stephenson wishes away his life's work in banking, politics and state business. But when that wish summons three spritely Christmas beings to his aid, he is in for a seasonal lesson about treasuring one's true purpose in life. With a nod to two favorite classic Christmas tales, Charles Dickens and Frank Capra, this story is based on fact that takes a fun fanciful look at early American history in the making as seen through the eyes of one obscure ear...

IT’S A STORY THEY TELL IN THE BORDER COUNTRY, where Massachusetts joins Vermont and New Hampshire. Yes, Dan’l Webster’s dead-or, at least, they buried him. But every time there’s a thunder storm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky. And they say that if you go to his grave and speak loud and clear, “Dan’l Webster-Dan’l Webster!” the ground’ll begin to shiver and the trees begin to shake. And after a while you’ll hear a deep voice saying, “Nei...

A novel of seduction, mystery, and danger set in New York's Hudson Valley in the nineteenth century, by the author of Foxfire.There was, on the Hudson, a way of life such as this, and there was a house not unlike Dragonwyck . . .In the spring of 1844, the Wells family receives a letter from a distant relative, the wealthy landowner Nicholas Van Ryn. He has invited one of their daughters for an extended visit at his Hudson Valley estate, Dr...

“Warm, witty, imaginative. . . . This is a rich and winning book.”—The New YorkerFrom Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most important African American writers of the twentieth century, comes her riveting autobiography—now available in a limited Olive Edition.First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston’s candid, funny, bold, and poignant autobiography—an imaginative and exuberant accoun...

One of The Wall Street Journal’sTen Best Mysteries of the Year“Amazing...This is a series for the ages, it’s so spectacular.”—Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl1846: In New York City, slave catching isn’t just legal—it’s law enforcement.Six months after the formation of the NYPD, its most reluctant and talented officer, Timothy Wilde, learns of the gruesome underworld of lies a...

This volume collects 21 long-lost stories by the author of Anne of Green Gables written across 40 years—with a forward by the author's granddaughter.Although best known for creating the spirited Anne Shirley, L. M. Montgomery had a thriving writing career that included several novels and more than five hundred poems and short stories. After Many Years brings together rare pieces originally published between 1900 and 1939 that haven't been in print...

As a girl growing up in Kentucky, she lived a sheltered, privileged life filled with picnics and plantation balls. Vivacious, impulsive, and intoxicated by politics, she is a Todd of Lexington, an aristocratic family whose ancestors defeated the British. But no one knows her secret fears and anxieties. Although she is courted by the most eligible suitors in the land, including future senator Stephen Douglas, it is a gangly lawyer from Illinois who captures her heart. After a stormy courtsh...

1890's Colorado. Desperate following her mother's sudden death, thirteen-year-old Hannah Owens apprentices as domestic help with a wealthy doctor's family in Colorado Springs. When the doctor declares bankruptcy and abandons his family to finance his mistress Pearl DeVere's brothel, however, Hannah is thrown into a vortex of gold mining bonanzas and busts, rampant prostitution, and the economic, political and cultural upheavals of the era. Two of Cripple Creek's most colorful historic char...

Contemporary authors imagine the historic march for women's suffrage in 1915 NYC "in this rousing anthology [with] a diverse range of vivid characters" ( Kirkus Reviews).Stories from Suffragette City is a collection of short stories that all take place on a single day: October 23, 1915. It's the day when tens of thousands of women marched up Fifth Avenue, demanding the right to vote in New York City. Drawing inspiration from this landmark moment, t...

Henry David Thoreau leaves the seclusion of Walden Pond to help investigate a series of murders in the first in B. B. Oak's fascinating new historical mystery series, set against the bucolic backdrop of 19th century New England.The lush, overgrown banks of Massachusetts's Assabet river are the ideal place for Dr. Adam Walker to find coveted medicinal plants for his remedies. But on one balmy August morning he finds something very different. A stranger, identifying himself as Henry ...